APRA

Life/Risk

Industry funds use APRA research to query retail super funds utilising in-house group insurance products....

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Life/Risk

APRA expresses concern about unproven concepts involved in direct life sales....

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Financial planning

APRA's annual report has revealed rising supervisory costs along with the number of exits and failures....

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Superannuation

Consumers may be left unprotected if the regulators do not jointly implement the Standard Business Reporting (SBR) framework under new super fund reporting requirements, ...

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Editorial

Select Asset Management’s Dominic McCormick says it’s time investors reduced their reliance on simplistic risk categories in asset allocation....

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Superannuation

ICAA's super specialist Liz Westover argues the increase in the SMSF supervisory levy was probably justified....

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Superannuation

New Deloitte analysis points to super costs rising while contributions are in decline....

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Superannuation

Representatives of the APRA taking questions from the industry have been unable to provide clarity on the circumstances in which superannuation fund committees do not nee...

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Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has sent a strong signal that it is likely to oppose the use of synthetic securitisation by banks....

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Superannuation

Lawyer warns Productivity Commission recommendations just add more bureaucracy, cost and possible disadvantage for funds....

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Editorial

APRA and Australian Bureau of Statistics data suggest the Government’s constant tinkering with superannuation is undermining confidence in the sector....

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Superannuation

Industry bodies have taken issue with the exposure draft regulations for rollovers and contributions in submissions to Treasury that take aim at the three-day performance...

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Superannuation

Institute of Chartered Accountants superannuation specialist Liz Westover has pointed to new regulations having been finalised requiring SMSF trustees to report fund asse...

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Editorial

There has been a tendency to forget about the ACCC ever since the regulation of consumer protection in the financial services industry moved to ASIC in 2001. But as Grant...

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Superannuation

APRA says it will leave it to superannuation funds and trustees to sort out any conflicts flowing from multiple directorships....

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